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Too Human. A game for the XBox 360. Lots of large screenshots. Discuss.

If I had money, this would be the game that would prompt me to get a 360 - RPG elements, directional attacking, branching skills, downloadable content and it's all set in a world that I'm studying for my degree. It's like my waking thoughts have been blended into a smoothie and poured over ice cubes of awesome.

The fact that there are melee weapons that are as well thought-out as the firearms pleases me - I could see myself going the purist Viking route and just going to town with an axe.

The thing that I'm most looking forward to is the whole Nietzschan question of whether it is better to be a man or to give up yourself and become powerful (Nietzsche, and I imagine at least one major figure in this game, will hold that it is better to be human).

Game covers lately just seem to have gotten really weak. They either feature some random beefy dude doing random beefy dude action stunts and a bunch of random people milling around... or generic scifi looking stuff. Don't get me wrong, I love scifi, but come on.

I even prefer covers that are really simple, like JUST the characteristic logo, though that often only works for special editions and sequels. Seriously, though... I am not going to be impressed by Mr. Badass on the cover any more. Give me something that indicates the actual gameplay or at least setting.

Edit: Relating this to Too Human, at least there is ONLY Mr. Beefy there, and not a lot of bystanders. The runes let you know it's something... involving runes. I'm pretty sure that the cold looking mounts indicate some frigid settings... still... not doing it for me. Oh, and the overuse of the color blue lets you know it's a scifi game. Seriously... I know blue is a good "technology" color, because it doesn't come up much, but let's try green for a bit, or maybe even some rich purple.

i think that main character is a little TOO bad ass for me to want to play as, at least that's my impression

I hope you are being sarcastic.

Maybe he prefers the androgynous emo JRPG main character style. Where you know the only way to go is up. If you start out as a super badass, you might worry that you won't be a good enough player to really reach the full potential of the game.

Edit: For the record, I expect he's being sarcastic, and I'm running with it a bit. Not to be taken seriously.

i think that main character is a little TOO bad ass for me to want to play as, at least that's my impression

I hope you are being sarcastic.

Maybe he prefers the androgynous emo JRPG main character style. Where you know the only way to go is up. If you start out as a super badass, you might worry that you won't be a good enough player to really reach the full potential of the game.

Edit: For the record, I expect he's being sarcastic, and I'm running with it a bit. Not to be taken seriously.

Well, you know I don't like playing as people who are immediately and completely better then me at EVERYTHING.

its actually kind of interesting how those two stereotypes appear in a huuuge number of games. the effeminate pretty-boy on one side and the surly badass on the other. a very good portion of big games coming out these days is limited to that, and it really kinda sucks.

its actually kind of interesting how those two stereotypes appear in a huuuge number of games. the effeminate pretty-boy on one side and the surly badass on the other. a very good portion of big games coming out these days is limited to that, and it really kinda sucks.

HL2 is a glorious escape from those equally lame stereotypes.

Heh. Just because he is a scientist doesn't mean he isn't a badass. He is a quiet (silent, actually) killing machine for 90% of the game. That sounds like the stereotypical badass to me.

Well, the whole thing about Ragnarok is that it's supposed to herald Baldur coming back from the dead - if he's a cyborg then in all likelihood that's already happened (hinted at in one of the IGN interviews), so I'm not sure where Ragnarok would fit into the whole thing.

Well, the whole thing about Ragnarok is that it's supposed to herald Baldur coming back from the dead - if he's a cyborg then in all likelihood that's already happened (hinted at in one of the IGN interviews), so I'm not sure where Ragnarok would fit into the whole thing.

I watched the videos and I didn't think the gameplay looked very interesting. Although I must say I really dig the concept. It's like Space Marines in Valhalla. I'm very well-versed in norse mythology since I'm from Scandinavia, though, so I can probably assume how it's gonna end.

Still, I'll probably like it on that basis alone. And since it's Silicon Knights you know the game is going to have incredible voice acting.

Edit: OH WELL at the post above me. Guess I have something to look forward to then!

All creature will die and all the things will be broken. That's the law of samurai.

Well, the whole thing about Ragnarok is that it's supposed to herald Baldur coming back from the dead - if he's a cyborg then in all likelihood that's already happened (hinted at in one of the IGN interviews), so I'm not sure where Ragnarok would fit into the whole thing.

im telling you. end boss. mistletoe. bank on it.

My prediction: Baldur (the player) will be betrayed and killed near the end of the second game, and the third is Ragnarok.